WEBVTT , SOMETHING CHANGED. MATT HAS THE STORY ON WESH 2. MATT: SIGE TAYLOR USUALLY HELPS THE EUTIS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLTEAM. >> SIGE WORKS SO HARD HELPING MEOUT.MATT: BUT FOR THE FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON SHE WAS AN ENCORE ALL-STAR. [APPLAUSE]FOR SIG IT WAS A BIG SURPRISE AND A DREAM REALIZED IN FRONT OFHIS LOVING PARENTS. >> HE'S A WONDERFUL KID.>> HE LOVES THAT COMRADERY OF THAT TEAM FEELING.AND SO THE TEAM DID IT. THAT'S GOING TO BE WAY UP THERE ON HIS LIST OF MEMORIES.>> HE OFFICE GIVES US HYPE AND ENCOURAGES US.>> YOU TO GET BACK ON DEFENSE.>> UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A COACHWHO CONSIDERS HIM A LITTLE BROTHER.>> I JUST WANT TO SHOW EVERYBODYTHAT EVERYBODY CAN DO IT. AND THAT WE'RE ALL THE SAGE.SIG SPORTS A NEW UNIFORM AND SHOT SEVERAL SHOTS. >> TEAM LOYALTY NOT WITH STANDING. HIS CHEERING SECTION STRETCHED ACROSS EVERY BLEACHER IN THE GYM.>> THERE'S NOTHING THAT WILL BE ABLE TO REPLACE THIS MOMENT IN MY LIFE.>> THAT PANTHERS WERE VICTORIOUS. BUT THE REAL WIN WAS SEEIN SSIDGE'S SMILE. >> TONIGHT IS AWESOME.>> IN EUSTIS MATT LA POLEE, WESH2 NEWS. >> I CAN'T TAKE IT.

He's always at basketball practices and games, and on Friday night he finally got to join his teammates on the court to play.
Sidge Taylor is a student with Down syndrome. He usually helps the Eustis High School boys junior varsity team courtside as an assistant coach.
"Sidge works so hard helping me out," coach Marlin Vilius said. "Helping with the team, always positive."
For the final game of the season, Sidge was an on-court all-star. It was a surprise and a dream realized.
"He's a wonderful kid," Sidge's father, Mark Taylor said. "There's nothing that will be able to replace this moment in my life."
"He loves the camaraderie of that team feeling, and so the fact the team did it is going to be way up there on his list of memories," Sidge's mother, Claudette Graham, said.
His teammates said they were excited all week to surprise him.
"He always gets us hyped, encourages us," teammate Tyler Hays said.
His coach considers him a little brother.
"I just want to show everybody that everybody can do it and we're all the same," Vilius said.
Sidge sported a full uniform and sunk several shots throughout the game, to the sounds of a cheering crowd.
Eustis won the game, but the real win, Sidge's parents and coach said, was seeing him smile.
Sidge summed it all up simply.
"Tonight is awesome," he said.

EUSTIS, Fla. —

He's always at basketball practices and games, and on Friday night he finally got to join his teammates on the court to play.

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Sidge Taylor is a student with Down syndrome. He usually helps the Eustis High School boys junior varsity team courtside as an assistant coach.